Not resigning yet. The responsible thing is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me, and then i will step down at that point. Cheering. In scotland, a triumphant night for the Scottish National party. They took almost all of the seats available, prompting new questions about the future of the union. Given what i fear a tory government now has in store for scotland, that right to choose our own future has never been more important or more urgent. One of the snps casualties wasjo swinson, who lost her seat on a bad night for her party and stepped down as leader of the lib dems. Well be hearing from voters in some of the seats that produced the conservative victory, asking what they make of the new political landscape. The times are changing. The labour party in its day was great, but things have changed now. Hopefully, brexit can finally get done. Onwards and upwards, i say. Stay with us for the story
For private tenants. Major wins for pro democracy campaigners in hong kongs council elections, putting renewed pressure on the government. People orderly and peacefully lining up people orderly and peacefully lining up outside of the voting station early in the morning, just because they want to get the vote. We deserve democracy. And coming up, two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. We speak to one of the actors in the movie. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A lorry driver who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. Maurice robinson appeared at the old bailey a short time ago. Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, is at the old bailey. Tell us what happened 7 tell us what happened . This was a plea and trial preparation hearing in front of mrjustice id, and Maurice Robinson spoke first of all to confirm his name, date of birth and addr
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Welcome to hardtalk. And i thought i cant go on doing this much longer. But, you know, you come out, you get dry, the people around you are terrific fun and creative and a joy to be with and you think, im stephen sackur. Well, why not, you know, for many filmmakers keep pressing on. And filmgoers movies are about escapism but since then that one remark and entertainment. Look at the listings in your local cinema and youll see what i mean. But not so for my guest today. Has rather dogged me. One of the most lauded and durable directors in the uk Film Industry 00 01 21,395 4294966103 13 29,430 ken loach. But try to distil for me what gets you out of bed and onto the set every morning now. Fundamentally is it about a love for the art, for the craft of filmmaking, or is it because of the political passions that drive you . Both, both. And we do our best not to make bleakfilms. So i disagree with you. You heard my introduction. I heard, yes. And i think that was a little unfair. Because ble
Police on one side, protesters on the other, a raging fire in between. 2a hours previously, this place had been completely normal. Across the university, protesters and students formed a human chain to supply the front line with water and food. Others sat in groups are preparing their supply of weapons. You are sitting here making kind of come up what is a better phrase, petrol bombs. Why we are doing this . Because yesterday you know they used real bullets, shooting him right in the chest, and that can kill someone. So if they upgrade their weapons, we need to upgrade our weapons to protect ourselves, too. This scene shows you how drastically the nature of this competition has changed. It started out five months ago with hundreds of thousands of people marching on the streets in peaceful demonstration. Now, at the entrance to a university there is a roadblock on fire, a burned out car blocking the entrance to this bridge, and around me dozens of protesters in black sitting and waiting